Well, hello there.....

Baby Jax Adam Boyce, born 10-8-2010, 8 lbs. 6 oz. Isn't he adorable!!

Avery and Jax

This picture is so cool!

And yes, I totally stole these pictures from Ashley's facebook! Sorry Ashley!

Today...........

What I miss today......

Barbara Brown Gardner
{i love you mom}

Reminicing about Europe.............

....daydreaming when I should be cleaning or washing something {not that I do that constantly!}, I was remembering my trip to Germany, Sweden and Denmark with my sister Jeanne, her husband Roger and their daughter Cassie. That was back in 2004. Has it been that long?? These are some memories of mine.

On our way to Germany. Yikes, is that another plane? I hope they don't hit us!

One of my favorite things to see, windmills!

I loved the tree lined roads in Germany. So much that Roger
stopped the car so I could get a better picture. {after a little whining...} Roger was our tour guide, and my sister's husband. He put up with a lot on this trip. Oops. Thanks Roger :)

Well, I tried. But they were so cute! Really!

And these swans were so cute too!! I picked up a feather
for a keepsake. I know.

We also went up to the Baltic Sea. It was cold and windy that day, but I did

stick my finger in the sea, just to say I did.

In Sweden I did a little jig with the parade people.

The buildings are really beautiful.

And the outdoor markets are everywhere, ....outdoors....

We went to a Swedish cemetery. They are so much more quaint than American cemeteries.

So cute, for a cemetery, that is.

In Denmark we went to a Lutheran church and saw the original Christus statue

that our Christus statue is from

and the other statues were pretty neat.


We found the Temple in Copenhagen exactly one week after it was dedicated.
Too bad we missed it by a week!

This is where we went to church the next day, up a couple of floors.

It was REALLY fun singing the hymns in Danish!

And these "town" signs were some of my favorite. Aren't they cute?

We did a lot of driving, but Cassie and I spent much of it playing cards in the back seat. Well, that's just a smidgen of our trip. We had so much fun. I didn't even tell you about all the
food we ate and ate and all the laughing we did. Poor Roger.

the ever changing guest room........

It's fun to have a guest room to decorate.
Oh, and for guests to stay in, too!

And we've had many guests stay in this room.
Here are some before and after pictures to show you what fun I have had.

BEFORE-blah

BEFORE-blah again

Now don't go and get all excited yet....this is my inspiration picture!
From Pottery Barn, of course.

This is the first AFTER.
The walls are an apple green. And yes, the plaid was tricky to paint.

AFTER

Then I changed the wall and put old windows up.

Thanks for visiting. Maybe someday I'll have another room to show you!

Our little tornado....

"AVERY "

She's twenty months old now, and she's as fun as a roller coaster!

DEAR BLUE, How do I love thee............

.....let me count the ways....

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ELEVEN

(I'd better stop or we'll be here all day)